Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Arnaud de Borchgrave, a CSIS senior advisor, published a commentary in the United Press International, "Hey guys, let's be friends."
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Arnaud de Borchgrave, a CSIS senior advisor, published a commentary in the United Press International, "Hey guys, let's be friends."
WASHINGTON, April 9 (UPI) -- The United States is now fighting two wars with a long-term price tag estimated by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office at $2.4 trillion, of which about $1.9 trillion would be spent on Iraq. Monthly costs are running at $12 billion a month. Pity President Bush's successor. He/she will be inheriting a mess on all fronts – national security, economy, defense, trade, health. Huge interest costs should also be factored in as combat is funded with borrowed money.
The full impact of Bush's answer to a question put to him by a European author in a private Oval office meeting a year ago leaves no room for doubt. After an optimistic briefing on Iraq, the author asked the president, "What about your successor?" Bush replied, "Don't worry about him. We'll fix it so he'll be locked in."
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